Mr. Robbins, an artist and photography professor, craved space for an at-home studio.
Ms. Fulwiler, a self-employed development consultant, wanted an office she could call her own.
Email: thehunt@nytimes.com]“By New York City standards, it was a very large apartment,” said Ms. Fulwiler, 56.
“We looked and looked and looked a bit more,” said Mr. Robbins, 61, who grew up in San Francisco in one of the city’s classic Victorian townhomes.
condos across the Upper West Side.